ÿþ<html> <head> <title>OPEN SAILING NEWSLETTER - October</title> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/OpenSailing.png" /> <link rev="made" href="mailto:info@opensailingusa.com"/> <meta name="keywords" content="Open 570, Open 650"/> <meta name="description" content="The Open Sailing Team would like to welcome you to the October issue of the OPEN SAILING NEWSLETTER, bringing you the latest and greatest news from the world of the Open 5.00, the Open 5.70, the Open 6.50, the Prowler Flying Moth and more..."/> <meta name="author" content="Open Sailing"/> <link rel="image_src" href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/36October/Newsletter36.png" /> <meta property="og:tag name" content="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/36October/Newsletter36.png"/> </head> <body style="background:url('http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/carbonfiber.jpg');background-attachment:fixed;"> <table width="750" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" frame="box"> <tr><td style="background:#000"><p align="center" style="color:#666;margin:0px;padding:0px;"> <a style="font-family:helvetica; font-size:8pt; color:#666;" href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/36 - October.html">If you cannot view this email then click here to view it as a webpage</a> </p></td></tr> <tr style="height:50px"> <td style="background:url('http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/Header.png');" valign="bottom"><p style="color:#CCC; margin:0px; text-align:right; font-size:10pt;"><a style="color:#CCC;font-family:helvetica;font-size:10pt;" href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/36 - October.html">Issue #36</a></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:justify;color:#FFF;background:#000;font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt;" bgcolor="#000"> The Open Sailing Team would like to welcome you to the October issue of our newsletter, bringing you the latest and greatest news from the world of the <b>Open 5.70</b>, the <b>Open 6.50</b>, the <b>Pogo 2</b>, and more& </td> </tr> </table> <table width="750" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" frame="box"> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF;" width="500" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFF"> <table> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <h2 style="margin:0px;font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt;">SPECIAL MINI-TRANSAT EDITION!</h2> <a href="http://www.charentemaritime-bahia.transat650.net/en/"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/36October/MiniTransat.jpg" border="none" width="490"></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" valign="middle" align="center"> <p align="justify" style="margin:10px 2px 10px 2px;font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt;"> September saw the start of the 18th edition of the <a href="http://www.charentemaritime-bahia.transat650.net/en/">Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat 6,50</a> - a 4,200 nautical mile single handed race from France to Brazil. This race is a legend in the sailing community and every two years sailors are drawn from all over the world to compete in this adventure. Crossing an ocean in a 21 foot boat is no easy task - <b>do you think you've got what it takes?</b> </p> <table width="490" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="border:1px solid #AAA;"> <tr style="background:#DDD;font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt;;height:40px;" ><td align="left"> <b>Pre-Race</b></td><td align="right"><b>September 18th</b></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"><p style="margin:10px 2px 10px 2px;font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt;" align="justify">Open Sailing was in La Rochelle to talk to some of the sailors and absorb some of the amazing atmosphere that surrounds this event. We caught up with <a href="http://emmacreighton.net/">Emma Creighton</a>, skipper of prototype #574, who is the <b>only</b> American competing in this years race and one of only a few women sailors.</p> <object width="480" height="244"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FHkrFBpqYCU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FHkrFBpqYCU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="244" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> <p style="margin:10px 2px 10px 2px;font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt;" align="center">Visit our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/OpenSailingUSA">YouTube Channel</a> to see our other interviews with <br/>Pogo 2 sailors <a href="http://www.charentemaritime-bahia.transat650.net/en/the-skippers/28/beaudart-davy.html">Davy Beaudart</a> and <a href="http://www.charentemaritime-bahia.transat650.net/en/the-skippers/45/oger-jean-marie.html">Jean-Marie Oger</a>!</p></td></tr> <tr style="background:#DDD;font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt;;height:40px;"><td align="left" style="border-top:1px solid #AAA;"> <b>The Start</b></td><td align="right" style="border-top:1px solid #AAA"><b>September 25th</b></td></tr> <tr><td><p style="margin:10px;font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt;" align="justify">With 85 high performance Minis, press boats, spectator boats, helicopters, cameras the start is quite the ordeal for everyone involved. After months of preparation this is the moment where it all begins. <a href="http://www.charentemaritime-bahia.transat650.net/en/photo/page/1/theme/91">See more photos& </a></td><td><a href="http://www.charentemaritime-bahia.transat650.net/en/photo/page/1/theme/91"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/36October/MTStart.jpg" border="none" width="240"></a></td></tr> <tr style="background:#DDD;font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt;height:40px;"><td align="left" style="border-top:1px solid #AAA"> <b>Stage 1</b></td><td align="right" style="border-top:1px solid #AAA"><b>September 25th - October 3rd</b></td></tr> <tr><td><a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/?p=2180"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/36October/MTStage1.jpg" border="none" width="240"></td><td><p style="margin:10px;font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt;" align="justify">The first stage saw some very unpredictable wind conditions. The winds stayed mostly light with only one day of good breeze. Sailors tried everything to get ahead - breaking away from the pack to try and find more pressure. In general it was the boats that sailed the rhumb line that came out ahead. The Pogo 2s dominated the first stage - the first 8 boats were Pogo 2s!</p></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"><p style="margin:0px 10px 10px 10px;font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt;" align="center">Click for <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/?p=2180">full results and more details</a></p></td></tr> <tr style="background:#DDD;font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt;height:40px;"><td align="left" style="border-top:1px solid #AAA"> <b>Stage 2</b></td><td align="right" style="border-top:1px solid #AAA"><b>October 13th - The End</b></td></tr> <tr><td><p style="margin:10px;font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt;" align="justify">The start of the 2nd stage was far from the light conditions experienced up until now with winds consistently blowing 15 - 20 knots and gusting 30+. <a href="http://www.charentemaritime-bahia.transat650.net/en/news/620/surfs-and-breakages-etc.html">Three boats lost their masts</a> early in the stage and those that survive still have many more miles of ocean to cross. </p></td><td><a href="http://tracking.transat650.net/carte/etape-2.html"><img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/36October/MTLiveTracker.jpg" border="none" width="240"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><p style="margin:0px 10px 10px 10px;font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt;">Find out where the boats are now with the<br/><a href="http://tracking.transat650.net/carte/etape-2.html">LIVE ONLINE TRACKER</a>.</p></td></tr> <tr style="background:#DDD;"> <td align="center" style="border-top:1px solid #AAA" colspan="2"> <table><tr> <td> <a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/Boats/Pogo2/"> <img src="http://www.opensailingusa.com/News/Newsletters/images/36October/Pogo2.png" border="none" width="90" hspace="5" vspace="10"> </a> </td> <td style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt;">See what it's like to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfFJKW2dzS0">sail on a Pogo 2</a>!<br/><a href="http://www.opensailingusa.com/About/Contact.html">Call us</a> 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